Tuesday, 27 October 2015

Myths about Automated Mobile UI Testing

Automated mobile
UI testing is very important when it comes to the success of the application.
However there are certain myths prevailing to the automated testing procedures
which slogs the process and makes people afraid of the procedure. However, these
myths are not true on any account as they are superficial. A deep look on the
automated testing process will make them disappear.

Speed:
It is a common myth of most of the people related to the IT industry that
automated testing takes up a lot more time than manual testing. On one hand
this fact is true to some extent manual testing does produce faster results
when testing mobile UI but only in the initial stages. With repeated testing
you either need to add more testing features or diminish the quality of
testing. Whereas with automated testing you get to run the same level of
testing every time, ultimately saving time on the long run.

Coverage: Newer android devices are being released almost every single day in
the current days. Hence the number of apps of these operating systems is outstanding.
Including this there are more operating systems like the iOS which has even
more apps which are being made for daily use. Maintaining a hand load of tools
for manual testing of all these apps becomes very difficult and supplying them
to the testers whenever and wherever needed becomes a headache. However in case
of automated testing only maintaining a cloud server would suffice. With the
help of automated testing complete test coverage of apps is possible.

Cost:
Yes! Automated testing of apps costs much more than manual testing. But this
fact holds true only when the tests are kept to the bare essentials of the app.
As and when the environment of the app gets complicated and as does the
software itself, manual testing becomes much more expensive as you need more
sophisticated tools for the optimum test results. Also with more sophisticated
tools for the testing you need an advanced staff who can manage these tools and
it will need training them to do so. Thus manual testing ultimately becomes costlier
compared to automated one.

Consistency: In case of manual testing there is always room for perception which
varies from tester to tester and depends hugely on the test that is being
considered as well as the app and the environment along with the operating
system which the application is based on. When you are applying manual tests on
the software there is room for holes through which some bugs may pass out and
it is only good enough to detect the basic bugs. Automated testing on the other
hand runs on scripts with no room for perception which makes it a full proof
one.

Reluctance: Automated testing replaces human. Not True! Automated testing only
helps in betterment of the manual testers. Automated tests do provide automated
results time after time with maximum accuracy, why do you need a human? But
automated testing to requires writing of scripts and planning the whole test
procedures. This in turn requires human. Automated testing procedure helps in
saving time as well as money so that you can utilize these resources for the
betterment of the manual testing procedures or to develop better tools and to
advance the already existing automated testing procedures.

These are some
of the most persistent myths that prevail in the automated testing industry which
needs to be busted as soon as possible in order for the betterment of the
automated testing of mobile UI.